Undergraduates in the Archives: High-Impact Practices and the Transformational Power of Primary Sources
- Carol Street (University of Kentucky)
- April K. Anderson-Zorn (Illinois State University)
- Sally Childs-Helton (Butler University)
- Krista Grensavitch (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee)
- Brittan Nannenga (DePaul University)
- Abigail Nye (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee)
Abstract
Explore how five archives are bypassing one-shot instruction to scaffold high impact educational practices for inquiry-based undergraduate learning in the archives. Come to this session to learn about innovative internships, class assignments, and collaborations that add value to the lives and academic success of STEM and humanities undergraduate students, and contribute to undergraduate research on campus. April K Anderson-Zorn will discuss a collaborative faculty project designed to teach Health Science students how to perform archival research and employ critical thinking skills to create physical and digital exhibit spaces that examine public health history topics. Sally Childs-Helton, Butler University, will present on the professional and personal transformation experienced by student researchers working with the papers of a Black Arts Movement poet for a grant to create community outreach events connecting community to collection. Brittan Nannenga at DePaul University will discuss the DePaul Documentary Corps, a collaborative internship course that builds skills in students as archival creators, donors, and workers by training them in oral history and documentary work and archives practices. Abigail Nye & Krista Grensavitch at UW–Milwaukee will discuss their Personal Archive Assignment engaged pedagogy to dismantle typical power structures within archives instruction and develop agency and meaning in students. Carol Street at the University of Kentucky will discuss the Learning Lab, a paid internship program where students from diverse disciplines form a learning community that transforms their academic experience from passive learners to content creators.
How to Cite:
Street, C., Anderson-Zorn, A. K., Childs-Helton, S., Grensavitch, K., Nannenga, B. & Nye, A., (2022) “Undergraduates in the Archives: High-Impact Practices and the Transformational Power of Primary Sources”, MAC Annual Meeting Presentations 2022(1).
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